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breakoff

breakoff is the alternative spelling of break-off.

Meaning of break-off

Noun

break-off (plural break-offs)

  1. That which breaks off, or is broken off
    • Stable glacier advance and retreat Advancing glaciers may inundate land, override installations (e.g., hydropower installations), dam rivers and form lakes, cause ice break-offs when the glacier advances over a cliff, etc.2011, Vijay P. Singh, Pratap Singh, Umesh K. Haritashya, Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers, page 767
  2. A break, discontinuance, or interruption
    • All break-offs occur due to the deadline being reached or an occasional agent crash on a big domain.2016, Tim Baarslag, Exploring the Strategy Space of Negotiating Agents
  3. The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game

Forms of breakoff

pluralbreakoffs

Questions about breakoff

What is breakoff the alternative spelling of?
Breakoff is the alternative spelling of break-off.

Words near breakoff in the dictionary

  1. breakline
  2. breakly
  3. breakman
  4. breakneck
  5. breaknecks
  6. breakoff
  7. breakoffs
  8. breakopen
  9. breakopens
  10. breakout
  11. breakout board

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